Fishing-net frame.



No. 649,58I. Patented ma l5, I900.

J. G. LANDMAN. FISHING NET-FRAME.

(Application filed Oct. 15, 18974) (No Model.)

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Nu. 649,58l. Patented May I5, I900. J. G. LANDMAN.

FISHING NET FRAME.

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UNiTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. LANDMAN, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

FISHING-NET FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,581, dated May 15,1900.

Application filed October 16, 189*]. Serial No. 655,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. LANDMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, (Brooklyn,) Kings county, State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Net Frames, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to devices employed for holding andspreading nets for landing fish, and has for its object the provision ofa simple, cheap, and effective spreading-frame, the parts whereof may befolded together and removed from the handle or rigidly spread andconnected with such handle at pleasure.

To attain the desired end, my invention consists, essentially, incertain novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts andpeculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will behereinafter first fully described and then pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a Viewof my improved net-frame spread as for use. Fig. 2 is a view showing thespreading mechanism released and the two portions of the frame foldedtogether. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the spreading andlocking mechanism. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the partsshown in Fig. 3 at line X X of Fig. 5, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one portion of the hinge connecting aside piece to the screw-handle coupling, and Fig. 7 is a longitudinalsectional View at line a a of Fig. 6.

Like numerals of reference Wherever they occur indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

1 is a screw shank or coupling designed for engaging with a thread 2,formed in a ferrule 3, mounted upon the extremity of a manipulating-handle 4c.

5 5 are two hinge-pieces made of soft metal and designed for engagingwith the flexible side rods or pieces 6. These hinge pieces 5 are eachprovided with ears 7, perforated at 8 for the reception of a pivot 9,connecting such piece to the shank 1.

1% is the back of the hinge piece, and 10 are lips which are turned overeach edge of the rod 6, and 11 is a lip which is turned over the innerextremity of such rod. The rod 6 is perforated at 12, and the soft metalof the hinge-piece 5 is forced into such perforation, as at 13, firmlyholding the parts against dis placement. The perforations referred toalso provide means for securing the net against slipping when placedupon the frame.

15 is a locking-hinge located at the outer extremities of the rods 6.The back 16 of one of these pieces is provided with cars 17, havin gtherein a slot 18, the said piece being held upon the rod 6 by means ofturned cars 19 and the metal of the piece being forced into theperforation 12 in the rod 6, as heretofore described. The other piece 15is provided with ears 17, which are perforated at 22 for the receptionof a pivot or pin 20,which passes through the slot 18. The extremity ofone of the rods 6 projects, as at 21.

When" constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription, my improved fishing-net frame will be found ad mirablyadapted to the uses and purposes for which it is intended. It is light,strong, and very simple in construction. By my arrange= ment the use ofrivets or the equivalent for securing the steel rods to the hinge-pieceis done away with,while the parts are firmly and securely united. Thelocking device at the outer extremity of the rod 6 is very simple, aswhile the two parts are secured to each other by the pin 20 the slots 18permit a free movement of the parts toward and from each other, and thepassing of the projection 21 beneath the opposite hinge-pieceeffectually holds the parts in place when the net is ex tended, and saidparts may be folded together with the greatest facility.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a landing-net, the combination with the handle, of a pair of springside rods attached thereto, and alocking-hinge arranged to unite theouter ends of such rods and consisting of separate pieces, one attachedto each rod and provided with ears 17, one set of cars being slotted at18 and the other set perforated at the parts are in locked position, toextend un- 22, and a pivot-pin 20 passing through the der the oppositehinge-piece and thereby hold slots and perforations in the ears 17 andtherethem in position, substantially as set forth.

by uniting the parts. of the locking-hinge, the JOHN G. LANDMAN. 5 end,21, of one of the side rods being extended XVitnesses:

beyond the end of the hinge-piece which is A. M. PIERCE,

attached thereto, and being arranged, when EVELYN M. PIERCE.

